PALOOKA

a journal of underdog excellence

                                        Mission Statement:      

Palooka is a nonprofit literary journal of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, plays, graphic short stories, graphic essays, comic strips, artwork, photography, and multimedia. We offer print and electronic versions of the journal and offer samples of the published materials online. We're determined to find those writers and artists who are hungry and relevant, flying under the radar, producing great works that are going unnoticed by other journals. We read absolutely everything sent to us, word-for-word, right down to the very last juicy sentence. This is a journal for everyone, but we're really into publishing the up-and-comer, the underdog in the literary battle royale. Give us your best shot.

We dare you.

 

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                            NEWS

 

Issue #2 Receives 4-Star Review

 

Check out the 4-star review from The Review Review here.

 

 

A Glowing Review of Issue #2

 

Check out this great review from New Pages here.

 

 

2011 Palooka Prize Winner and Finalists

 

Huge congratulations to Dana De Greff whose story "Spanish Guinea, 1938-1939" won the Palooka Prize short story contest! Also, hats off to these four fine writers for making the finals.

 

D. E. Lee
"Everything Goes to the Sea"
 
Richard Lutman
"Creek Bait"
 
Cody Hayhurst
"The Water Is Lava"

Alan Tracey
"How It Works"
 

 

New Multimedia Submission Category!

 

We're doing something new here. We want your most creative and original multimedia submissions. You can check out the submission guidelines here. Selected projects will be published on our website and released as a supplement to the print issue.

 

 

Issue #2 Has Arrived!!!

You can pick up your electronic or print edition of issue #2 with Joe Havasy's dazzling cover art.

 

 

Announcing the Palooka Prize in Fiction

$200 IN PRIZES

$100 WINNER

  $25 TO 4 FINALISTS 

 

4-Star Review of the Debut Issue

Check it out here at The Review Review.

  

New Pages Review of the Debut Issue

You can find the review here at New Pages Reviews.

 

 

The People Choose Deana Dueno's "The Hairdresser."

 

Our sincerest congratulations go out to Deana Dueno for having her poem selected by the fans of the journal in the first ever Palooka People's Choice Award. Find out more about the happy winner and read her poem.